Vocabulary Activity: Week 6

Latin Roots:ambi-, cent-, sect-/sec-, sent-

Roots and Definitions:

ambi-: bothcent-: one hundredsect-/sec-: to cutsent-: to feel; to send

Extension Activity:

• Using a dictionary, find and list one word for each of the four roots.

• IMPORTANT: As you’re choosing, think about how words using these roots blend together and what common idea you can come up with.

• Include the word’s definition and an explanation of how the root’s meaning plays a role in the word’s definition.

Understanding Word Parts and Navigating a Dictionary

• Revisit your list of words and their explanations of each root’s place in their definitions and add an image corresponding to each word you chose that conveys either a positive or negative connotation.

• You can either draw or use the Internet to search, but you must use class-appropriate images. Make sure whatever final product method you choose comes out clearly to me.

• Label which connotation you see in it.

Extension Activity:Understanding Word Parts’ Place in Connotation

• STEP 1: Find an example of writing (news or journal article, poem, short story, excerpt from a novel, etc.) using a word for ONE of the four roots. You can search online or use a print resource.• For example, if I wanted to find a story that uses the word

“century,” I could do any of the following:• go to Google and search “stories + word use + century.” Select

any of the options that comes up and read the passage using the word.

• keep an eye out for it in my independent reading book and mark the page where I see it used.

• if I’m reading a book on my phone or other mobile device, I can run a search of the pages for that word as well. Simply click in the top right corner of your screen and you should see a search icon. Type in the word you want, and all pages using it will be listed for you to choose from. Click on one and read it.

Extension Activity:Making Meaning with Word Inferences in Writing

• STEP 2: Write a short response explaining your word’s use within the context of the writing piece. You determine the length of your response; just make sure it’s thorough and completely supported with textual examples. Guide your content by reading for responses to the following questions:

1. What reason would the author have in using the format he or she did?

2. What is the author’s purpose? How do his or her word choices help you understand that purpose?

3. How does that word choice help you understand his or her writing voice?

• Remember: These are guiding questions only. YOU decide what your sentence structure should look like and how you formulate your response. Make your writing voice and personality come across. Follow your purpose and format, but make your word choices reflect you!

Extension Activity:Making Meaning with Word Inferences in Writing